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Originally Posted by avant93
TURN! TURN! TURN!
You simply cannot identify the 60's without this song. What can you say? It's a great song. The Byrds had a gorgeous in-synch vocal harmony that has been underrated, and they made some everlasting work. This is just one of those songs that makes you smile, and you can listen to all of it wherever you hear it. The titles also an allusion to all of the changes happening in the 60's.
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When Pete Seeger wrote it in the late '50's, it would be hard to make allusions to changes that haven't been seen yet.
The timelessness and appropriateness of the lyrics are a tribute to Ecclesiastes rather than to the Byrds.